Minnie was born 25 November 1885 as part of the Peter and Edna (Everly) Hopley family of Lewis, Iowa.  She married Fred Clifford Muffley on 17 June 1911 and died 30 December 1977 in Twin Falls, Idaho.

• Buelah b. 18 April 1875 - died unmarried at age 17
• Margaret J. b. 10 March 1877 – married Frank Lumsden, who owned an automobile business in Atlantic, Iowa. Margaret was known to us as Aunt Margaret and as Aunt Lum. She and Frank moved to Los Angeles, California and Minnie visited them there several times. On the death of Edna Askew (sister), Frank and Aunt Margaret took in her son (Peter Askew) in California. Frank died relatively early and Aunt Lum moved into an apartment with Peter (and his wife, Mickey). Aunt Margaret visited Minnie in Fairfield, Idaho several times.
• Eda B. b. November 1878 – married Clarence Hedges of Atlantic, Iowa and when he died Aunt Eda would often come to visit Minnie in Fairfield, Idaho.
• Harry L. b. June 1880 – managed the Hopley activities with his father and brother (Peter and Wayland)
• Edna E. b. 26 April 1883 – married an Ed Askew. She had one surviving son (Peter Askew) who went to live with his mother's sister, Margaret (Aunt Lum), in California.
• Mary b. 25 November 1886 – married James Harris in a double ring ceremony with Minnie.
• Minnie b. 25 November 1886
• Gertrude b. 3 September 1888 d. 2 December 1889 – Minnie never spoke of Gertrude and there seems to be no reference to her in any of the family photo albums I have seen.
• Wayland b. January 1875 – married Helen Haw and went into the family business with his father and brother (Peter and Harry).

Minnie and Mary were twins, though Mary died early in life.  Minnie and Margaret and Eda remained very close throughout their lives. The often traveled between Lewis, Iowa and Fairfield, Idaho and Los Angeles, California visiting one another and often all traveling at the same time so they could be together. Every week my grandmother wrote a long letter and mailed to one of the other two, then wrote a card and mailed to the other one. She received the same from her two sisters. Then each sister forwarded the letter and card recently received to the other of the sisters, and in this way, they all kept in constant touch.  The fourth sister (Edna) died in childbirth.

My grandmother was born into a family, which held strong European ties, as well as early America pioneer life in the region of Iowa. As a Hopley, Minnie was comfortable. The Hopley family was relatively well provided for by the horse import business and the stock management and farming activity of the Hopley holdings in Lewis. The February 1918 issue of Fireside published an interview with Peter Hopley, which describes his development of the Hopley property in Cass County, Iowa.

As a child, Minnie had her own horse, which she called Barney. One of the surfacing memories of Minnie in the later years of her life was the relationship she had with Barney. There are numerous pictures of Minnie posing with her sisters, many in playful spirit and not uncommonly with horses or horse and buggy in view.

As a young adult, Minnie (or Hop as she was known at school) attended teacher preparation college in Cedar Falls, Iowa and successfully completed the program. In 1910 she lived with her sister Edna Askew in Des Moines, while she taught in a local grade school.

In 1911 Minnie Hopley married Fred Clifford Muffley of Osage, Iowa in a double wedding ceremony with her twin sister, Mary. Shortly thereafter Fred and Minnie moved to Soldier, Idaho in Blaine County (in 1917 Camas County was carved out of Blaine County). Soldier later was replaced by Fairfield, two miles to its south and located on the railroad line. The couple moved onto a property that had been purchased by Fred’s brother, Max Monroe Muffley, north of town and began to ranch. In time Fred purchased the portion of the property, which held the ranch house and outbuildings, and eventually that property transitioned to the three living sons.

Minnie and Fred's first child born was Roland in 1912 and he was born on the ranch. James was born in 1916, followed by Harry in 1917, and Wayland in 1918. Minnie was an active ranch wife and maintained the home for her family. Fred opened a bank in Fairfield and was its president. The bank was prosperous until the Depression and Minnie remained active in community and church (Methodist) affairs on the Camas Prairie.

After the bank failure and Fred’s diminished health and death, Minnie lived on the western edge of Fairfield, until moving to Gooding in the summer of 1956.